Shock Blast just dropped their top summer tracks in the Jam Blaster Summer EP.
They’re all feel-good party hits for the hotter months, and these ones are my favorites.
Get the whole playlist here.
Alli Davis - I Like 2 Play in L.A. (feat Hot Rod)
Dev - In the Dark (Produced by The Cataracs)
Katy Perry - Last Friday Night (TGIF) (Laidback Luke Remix)
Apparently, June 21 is the first day of summer. Couple this this track from Metronomy with the ones I posted a few months ago from Kylie and Dop for the perfect songs for the next few months.
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Toronto has been cold and snowy for the past few weeks, and these two videos have got me stoked to be spending the next week or so on the Valley Isle.
The best part of the first video (track below) is where he gets the chick to get in the pool with him. Pure Fitte Prinse right there.
Kylie Minogue - Slow (A Capella)
Kylie Minogue - Slow (Nathan Vice Remix) (via Palmsout)
Dop vid via the fuckin’ awesome Fuckn Filthy. Their Tiger Tees are sick.
I’ve been a big fan of The Girls Can Hear Us ever since Audioporn mentioned that they sound like another of my favorite artists, Scotty Dynamo.
The Girls Can Hears Us! (conveniently shorted as TGCHU) have the sort of self-aware hilarity that I like in my electropop-rap, and the catchy beats also make for pretty good gym music.
Now, just in time for summer, TGCHU are going to drop their debut album and all of the songs sound pretty good. Even better is that the boys are fans of giving some of their tracks away for free, and hooked me up with a couple for posting here.
The Girls Can Hears Us - Every Day
The Girls Can Hear Us - All I Know
Silver Medallion - Slave (The Girls Can Hears Us Remix)
To stay posted on when their album comes out, hit up TGCHU.com. Bide your time until then with a couple of other TGCHU tracks I’ve posted here and here.
Well, I’m pretty sure that summer is over here in Toronto. Those lazy afternoons of sneaking into the pool area of sweet condos are over, but they’ll be back again next summer.
In the meantime, remember sunshine with the Summer 2009 Mix from (Pretty) Girls and Lasers.
(Pretty) Girls and Lasers - Summer 2009 Part 1
(Pretty) Girls and Lasers - Summer 2009 Part 2
Even though its June and slightly rainy here in the T-dot, it still feels like the start of summer, and it feels like a good time to post some warm-weather, good-times music.
The video above is for the track “Hey You” by Pony Pony Run Run, and its got a funny, summery feeling. The band has even dropped their own, dance remix of the track:
Pony Pony Run Run - Hey You (Pony Pony Run Run Remix)
The June Soundmen dropped a track in my email the other day (you can too: ultimatecowboy (at) 199x (dot) org), telling me to pay attention because it was going to be “the summer banger.”
June ft. Remo - Watch My Moves
I don’t know if it has the staying power to be the banger we’ll be listening to all summer long, but its fun for now.
For a couple of good summer mixes, check out the wonky Sound Pellegrino Team Thermal mix on Curb Crawlers, the MADJAZZ’s Summer Brainstorm on Mad Decent or The Summer Never Ends mix by Jens Lekman. All three should be good for bumpin’ on the patio with a case of beer on a warm evening.